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Lighting Artist (7-month contract)

2 weeks, 6 days ago
Canada
Full-time
Senior
Product Designer (UI/UX)
Design and User Experience
Unity Unreal Engine
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Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is an independent game development studio based in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2010 by industry veterans, BBI is known for creating immersive strategy and adventure games like Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and Hardspace: Sh...

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2010
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Description

  • Work under Art Leadership to maintain artistic consistency through lighting standards, workflows, and IP aesthetic guidelines.
  • Communicate lighting needs and direction with Art Leadership and the environment team.
  • Use the proprietary engine’s lighting tools to create cinematic lighting for a range of environments.
  • Optimize lighting setups, shadows, post-processing, and related systems for real-time performance.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve lighting, rendering, and visual clarity issues while preserving artistic intent.
  • Create and maintain documentation for lighting workflows, standards, and best practices.
  • Collaborate closely with art, design, and tech teams to support gameplay and environmental storytelling.
  • Help achieve cinematic environments that remain production-friendly and performant.

Requirements

  • Experience lighting environments and scenes in real-time game engines such as Unity or Unreal.
  • Strong understanding of lighting theory, color space, exposure, and physically based natural lighting.
  • Insight into cinematography and dramaturgy, scene blocking, and lighting for different moods.
  • Solid understanding of real-time rendering principles and physically based rendering (PBR) workflows.
  • Experience with post-processing, exposure, atmospheric effects, and lighting optimization techniques.
  • Ability to balance artistic quality with technical and gameplay requirements.
  • Familiarity with modern game art pipelines and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
  • Highly detail-oriented, technically inclined, with strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
  • Passion for grounded, immersive science fiction is a plus.
  • Experience with proprietary engines is a plus.
  • Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization related to lighting and rendering is a plus.
  • Previous cinematic lighting experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote-first workplace with flexible work arrangements.
  • 7-month temporary full-time contract.
  • Salary range of $75,000 to $90,000 per year.
  • Opportunity to work on a AAA sci-fi action title.
  • Chance to contribute to world-class IPs and original creations across multiple genres.
  • Work in a studio that supports long-term career growth and skill development.

Interested in this position?

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